NEW to the Scion world!
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NEW to the Scion world!
Hey guys I currently own a 2008 Lexus IS250 6 speed but it’s almost paid off so I am going to buy a TC this month! My neighbor has one and said cost of ownership is cheap and there is incredible amount of aftermarket parts available for it. Before a buy one is there anything I should know? Meaning like is any years better then others performance or styling wise? How reliable are they once modified? I plan on boosting this car from day one and planned on going with the full descendant kit. If you guys can give me as much info about anything on this car it would deeply help!
P.S. This will be my third Toyota first car was 97 celica GT then the lexus now the Scion
Thanks,
Ryan
P.S. This will be my third Toyota first car was 97 celica GT then the lexus now the Scion
Thanks,
Ryan
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Styling has not changed as far as the body is concerned. The later models only changed in headlights changing to projector headlights, tail lights changing to ugly tails, and the grill changing to an uglier grill. I also think they added like 1 or 2 more hp lol. So no performance changes worth mentioning.
Older tails:
Newer tails:
Older heads and older grill:
Newer heads and newer grill:
Pulled the above off google for you.
Older tails:
Newer tails:
Older heads and older grill:
Newer heads and newer grill:
Pulled the above off google for you.
Last edited by sciontC; 01-07-2010 at 04:55 PM.
#3
Welcome to SL! There aren't many differences between 05-10. The ones I can think of off the top of my head are the 07+ have oil squirters and a different MAF sensors. The 08+ have different headlights and tail lights, different grilles, and painted interior door accents. There were additions and removals of exterior paint choices throughout all years. There have been 5 Release Series models to date (special color, some have special wheels, grilles, and lip kits, all have special seat fabric)
Oh and pretty much every tC has an interior rattle in some form or fashion. One of the downfalls of having a lot of plastic. You can either attempt to fix them or just crank the music up. I prefer the latter.
Oh and pretty much every tC has an interior rattle in some form or fashion. One of the downfalls of having a lot of plastic. You can either attempt to fix them or just crank the music up. I prefer the latter.
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Oil squitrers is a great thing to know! This will help tremendous with boosting my car. Do you guys know what type of EMS is most commonly used I was planning on going with AEM F/IC for I have used this on my celica and have tuned many of my friends cars that us it also.
Ryan,
Ryan,
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Yeah I figured so. I am still deabting between F/IC or GReddy EMU. AEM is great if you ara running there AF gauge because you can actually incorportae in with the piggy back and dataloging with it which is very nice for doing fuel tuning on the street. I like that GReddy EMU allows you adavance and pull timing though where AEM only allows you to pull timing.
#8
false ^^ its all relative to many things
my prefrence.. best year (06) > 07+ ... theres alot of things u worry less about when it comes to boosting and tuning and tech when it comes to 05-06 then 07+ ... the new tailed and headlights look tacky
alot of the motor upgrades are decent for the 07 but honestly.. its not a hugeeee dif.
my prefrence.. best year (06) > 07+ ... theres alot of things u worry less about when it comes to boosting and tuning and tech when it comes to 05-06 then 07+ ... the new tailed and headlights look tacky
alot of the motor upgrades are decent for the 07 but honestly.. its not a hugeeee dif.
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Oh I will be and Still not sure this will be my daily driver trying to keep miles off my lexus so I am going to prob go with AEM for it has been tride and true so far so most likely that is the route im going. Plus they have great customer service say if anything were to wrong with the box where GReddy has next to none .
Ryan,
Ryan,
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Ryan,
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Welcome to the site and I cant wait to see what route you go with the tC.. Since your new ill be nice and help you out. Just click on the link below on threads about PTuning and there AWESOME products they provide us with, just make sure you have time because once you start reading you wont want to stop. Hopefully that helps you out...
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sea...earchid=992126
https://www.scionlife.com/forums/sea...earchid=992126